Roald Amundsen

Also known as R. Amundsen

Norwegian explorer; first person to reach the South Pole (1872–1928)

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Roald Amundsen was a Norwegian figure born in 1872 and who died in 1928. He is associated with the country of Norway. His notable works include *Anticipating The Norge*, *Den første flukt over Polhavet*, *Man against nature*, *Sydpolen*, and *Eskimoleben*.

Amundsen is recorded in various databases, with 82 works listed in the Open Library and five in Crossref. He has been referenced by 1,847 other encyclopedia articles. A quote attributed to him states, "BE G TO INFORM YOU FRAM PROCEEDING ANTARCTIC — AMUNDSEN, So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God!," alongside the remark, "Adventure is just bad planning." He disappeared and died on June 18, 1928.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1872
Died: 1928
Works: 82

Top works

Anticipating The Norge
Den første flukt over Polhavet
Man against nature
Vascular plants collected in arctic North America (King William Land, King Point and Herschell Isl.) by the Gjöa expedition under Captain Roald Amundsen 1904-1906
Sydpolen

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Group
Origin: Norway
Active from: 2003

Discography

Amundsen2003

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 51
Total plays: 2,554

Similar artists

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Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Norwegian: [ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən]; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the Antarctic expedition (1910-12) to become the first men to reach the South Pole in December 1911. In 1926, he was the first expedition leader to be recognized without dispute as having reached the North Pole. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage (1903–06). He disappeared in June 1928 while taking part in a rescue mission. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Roald+Amundsen">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

An Extended Hückel Theory. I. Hydrocarbons
· 1963 · cited 4,375x
The Conservation of Orbital Symmetry
· 1969 · cited 2,587x
Saccharomyces Genome Database: the genomics resource of budding yeast
· 2011 · cited 1,679x
Interaction of orbitals through space and through bonds
· 1971 · cited 1,368x
Stereochemistry of Electrocyclic Reactions
· 1965 · cited 1,294x

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Quotes

“BEG TO INFORM YOU FRAM PROCEEDING ANTARCTIC — AMUNDSEN”
“The English have loudly and openly told the world that skis and dogs are unusable in these regions and that fur clothes are rubbish. We shall see — we shall see.”
“So we arrived, and planted our flag at the geographical South Pole. Thanks be to God!”
“Everything went like a dance.”
“Adventure is just bad planning.”
“We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.”

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Roald Amundsen, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen ( UK: /ˈɑːmʊndsən/, US: /-məns-/; Norwegian: [ˈrùːɑɫ ˈɑ̂mʉnsən] ; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He was a key figure of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

Born in Borge, Østfold, Norway, Amundsen began his career as a polar explorer as first mate on Adrien de Gerlache's Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899. From 1903 to 1906, he led the first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage on the sloop Gjøa. In 1909, Amundsen began planning for a South Pole expedition. He left Norway in June 1910 on the ship Fram and reached Antarctica in January 1911. His party established a camp at the Bay of Whales and a series of supply depots on the Barrier (now known as the Ross Ice Shelf) before setting out for the pole in October. The party of five, led by Amundsen, became the first to reach the South Pole on 14 December 1911.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roald Amundsen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.